Aracy de Almeida - Cancoes de Noel Rosa com Aracy de Almeida (1955)

Hello, good evening! I'm confident that everything will be delivery with no errors. I've been making small mistakes on each post and this is something really frustrating. The causes are many, mainly a change on my routine. Now I use to wake up at the time I was going to bed a month ago. When midnight approaches, a kind of tractor beam drags me with all the forces toward my bed, and everything becomes very difficult. But today is different; Aracy de Almeida saved my day, and probably can save yours with this little and very old tribute to Noel Rosa recorded in 1955 in the 10-inch format for Continental. Let's see.

This is Aracy de Almeida - Cancoes de Noel Rosa com Aracy de Almeida (1955), for Continental. It is unbelievable that Noel Rosa died with 26 years old and be considered as one of the most important Brazilian popular music composers from the last century. Aracy de Almeida is a favorite singer of many friends and does not need to be introduced. In the other hand, this album features arrangements by Vadico, the most frequent Noel Rosa songwriting partner and also an acclaimed musician with international experience. We need to show one of the three and impossible to find Vadico's career LPs someday. These albums were recorded between 1956 and 1959 and seem to be really impossible to find. Tracks include:


Track List

01 - Meu Barracão (Noel Rosa) Samba
02 - Voltaste (Noel Rosa) Samba
03 - São Coisas Nossas (Noel Rosa) Samba
04 - Fita Amarela (Noel Rosa) Samba
05 - Cor de Cinza (Noel Rosa) Samba
06 - Eu Sei Sofrer (Noel Rosa) Samba
07 - A Melhor do Planeta (Noel Rosa / Almirante) Samba
08 - Cansei de Pedir (Noel Rosa) Samba

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Ed Lincoln - Seu Piano e Seu Orgao Espetacular (1961)

This disc is here for a quite a long time, but never had my attention. I thought it was already available here, or perhaps it was only a reissue among the many released throughout Ed Lincoln's discography. Now I'm happy to be wrong, wrong twice. This album is the first issue of the second album released by Ed Lincoln (although Musidisc's ST XPL-12 serial number is big and visible at the front cover) and is also an album never released before at Loronix. There are also other relevant things to say about this one. Let's see.

This is Ed Lincoln - Seu Piano e Seu Orgao Espetacular (1961), for Musidisc, featuring Pedrinho Rodrigues voice for the first time on recordings. The back cover says Ed Lincoln had the accompaniment of the same that recorded his first album for Helium Label, Ed Lincoln =Ao Seu Ouvido, but all my searches failed, although I'm really convinced I saw this personnel listing available somewhere, not a long time ago. Tracks include:


Track List

01 - Nunca Mais (Ed Lincoln / Silvio César)
02 - Confissão (Luis Bandeira / Djalma Ferreira) with PEDRINHO RODRIGUES
03 - Eu Não Tenho Onde Morar (Dorival Caymmi) with PEDRINHO RODRIGUES
04 - Amanhã Eu Vou (Nilo Sergio) with PEDRINHO RODRIGUES
05 - T'aimer Follement (F. Robinson / A. Salvet / J. Plait)
06 - Atire a Primeira Pedra (Ataulfo Alves / Mário Lago) Deus Me Perdoe (Humberto Teixeira / Lauro Maia) Pergunte ao João (Milton Costa / Helena Silva)
07 - Tristeza de Nós Dois (Bebeto / Durval Ferreira / Maurício Einhorn) with PEDRINHO RODRIGUES
08 - Leçon de Baion (Jean Rodor / Daniel Marechal / Jadir de Castro)
09 - Vai Com Deus (Luis Bandeira / Silvio César)

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Catulo de Paula - Catulo Canta no Michel (1959)

Hello, good evening! This is the third album I'm making available from this obscure record company with the name and logo based on an animal that does not exists in Brazil, the legendary Tiger. Little I know about this label except these albums, the excellent Moacyr Marques e Seu Conjunto - Jazz & Bossa Nova (1959), a contribution of my Mentor Caetano Rodrigues and this early Hermeto Pascoal recording with Pernambuco do Pandeiro e Seu Regional - Batucando no Morro (1958), both really worth checking out. Catulo de Paula is an artist requested by many friends, many and important friends, such like Frank-Oliver Hellman, which I want to say thanks for recommending Catulo de Paula a long time ago. Let's see.

This is Catulo de Paula - Catulo Canta no Michel (1959), for Tiger. Catulo de Paula delivers a repertoire based on his performances at Michel Bar, a nightclub I never heard about. According with Guio de Moraes liner notes, Catulo de Paula performed on Michel Bar for more than a year, accompanied only by his acoustic guitar. Ze Menezes delivers fantastic instrumental accompaniment to Catulo de Paula leading a trio of guitar, drums and bass. By the way, Ze Menezes gives a real lesson of how accompany singer with a guitar. Really worth checking out. Tracks include:

Personnel

Ze Menezes
(violao)
Paulo
(bass)
Trinca
(drums)

Track List

01 - Balada Triste (Dalton Vogeler / Esdras Pereira da Silva)
02 - Viva Meu Samba (Billy Blanco)
03 - Suas Mãos (Antônio Maria / Pernambuco)
04 - Pau-de-arara (Guio de Morais / Luis Gonzaga)
05 - Tenho Pena da Noite (Catulo de Paula / Marino Pinto)
06 - Lamento (Djalma Ferreira / Luis Antônio)
07 - Castigo (Dolores Duran)
08 - Aliança (Madame Fulano de Tal) (Cyro Monteiro / Dias da Cruz)
09 - Nosso Mocambo (Catulo de Paula)
10 - Serenata do Adeus (Vinicius de Moraes)
11 - Rio Triste (Tito Madi)
12 - Último Pau-de-arara (J. P. Guimarães / Venâncio / Corumba)

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Moacyr Silva e Seu Conjunto - Sax Sensacional Nr. 3 (1962)

Hello, good evening! The availability of new albums over time at Loronix is a recurrent and very frequent question. It is natural to think in some point there will be no new albums available. I never had such fear, especially today, which is the day another Moacyr Silva LP never published at Loronix is been released.

This is the eighteenth album with Moacyr Silva participation at Loronix. And this is not a fraction of his entire discography. If you are new to Loronix or new to Moacyr Silva, check the related albums option below and be amazed by his music. Let's see.

This is Moacyr Silva e Seu Conjunto - Sax Sensacional Nr. 3 (1962), for Copacabana, featuring Moacyr Silva tenor sax in front of two bands, a quintet (performing Samba tunes) and a quartet (performing the remaining songs, identified as "Foxes"). Personnel listing features a constellation of Brazilian musicians, including Chaim Lewak (besides Moacyr Silva, the only that performs on both bands), Waltel Branco, Tiao Marinho, Ohana (from Tamba Trio) and a drummer credited as Edson, which is 99.99% guaranteed to be Edison Machado (Luiz Harding, please help!).

We are starting a big weekend in Brazil and I would like to send my positive vibrations to Loronix community, wishing a very nice weekend. Tracks include:

Personnel

Samba tunes musicians

Moacyr Silva
(tenor sax)
Chaim Lewak
(piano)
Waltel Branco
(guitar)
Tiao Marinho
(bass)
Ohana
(drums)

Sambas are: 01, 03, 05, 06, 08, 10.


"Fox" tunes musicians

Moacyr Silva
(tenor sax)
Chaim Lewak
(piano)
Ziguetti
(bass)
Edson (probably Edison Machado)
(drums)

Foxes are: 02, 04, 07, 09.

Track List

01 - Lamento Bebop (Luis Reis / Haroldo Barbosa)
02 - That Old Feeling (L. Brown / S. Fain)
03 - Olhou Pra Mim (Ed Lincoln / Silvio César)
04 - Don't Blame Me (D. Fields / J. McHung)
05 - Estou Só Outra Vez (Moacyr Silva / Luciana)
06 - Meu Nome É Ninguém (Luis Reis / Haroldo Barbosa)
07 - Sweet And Lovely (G. Arnheim / H. Tobias / J. Lemare)
08 - Parti (Ed Lincoln / Silvio César)
09 - Once In a While (B. Green / M. Edwards)
10 - Seresta de Gato (Waltel / Telmo Soares)

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Nelson Ferraz - Lamento Negro (1956) Featuring Radames Gnattali

Hello, good evening! I've been a frequent parrot at Rio de Janeiro downtown area in the last two weeks or so. The place has several small used book shops that really worth checking. Today I decided to try a store, just because I was 5 minutes early to a meeting in the building next door. I had five minutes and no guarantees, I did not know if the store was working with LPs, for instance. Sometimes I'm lucky, the owner was starting the LP selling business, without the require knowledge for make correct prices. I could make two wonderful bids in 5 minutes, each one for only 2 reais. This is the first, and I'm pleased to make it here, this is a rather curious disc. Let's see.

This is Nelson Ferraz - Lamento Negro (1956), for Continental, featuring arrangements by Maestro Radames Gnattali. If you are in the mood of a very inquisitive album with a very different music, this is probably the album you were waiting for. Little I know about Nelson Ferraz, which is probably a classical singer, a baritone.

I can read your mind right now making the same association I did with the anthological Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus). However, it is very unlikely that this disk is part of a theatrical play or movie, is just a career album of a rather unknown and surprising singer backed by Maestro Radames Gnattali. Tracks include:


Track List

01 - Terra Seca (Ary Barroso) Samba
02 - Funeral Dum Rei Nagô (Hekel Tavares / Murilo Araújo) Canto de Alufá
03 - Leilão (Hekel Tavares / Juraci Camargo) Canção
04 - Banzo (Hekel Tavares / Murilo Araújo) Canção
05 - Algodão (Custódio Mesquita / David Nasser) Samba
06 - Navio Negreiro (Alcyr Pires Vermelho / J. Piedade / Sá Róris) Samba
07 - Lamento Negro (Humberto Porto / Constantino Silva "Secundino") Batuque
08 - Preto Velho (Custódio Mesquita / Jorge Faraj) Samba-canção

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Francisco Petronio e Dilermando Reis - Uma Voz e Um Violao em Serenata Vol. 2 (1963)

Hello, good evening! If our mission is to tell the story of Brazilian popular music, it would fail if we skip this duo formed by a singer and an instrumentalist. The singer is Francisco Petronio, being introduced for the first time at Loronix, and by the way, an important singer. Francisco Petronio recorded over 50 LPs in a career that started late and lasted no more than two decades. Dilermando Reis does not requires an introduction, his violao is the only instrument heard at this album and this is the first time we have an album by Dilermando Reis accompanying a singer. They recorded together 7 LPs in this series of seresta performance, a genre we are getting along for the first time at Loronix. Let's see.

This is Francisco Petronio e Dilermando Reis - Uma Voz, e Um Violao em Serenata Vol. 2 (1963), for Continental, the second out of seven seresta albums release by the duo. Although the cover in the spirit of a serenata, I think a brief explanation is needed. Seresta or Serenata is music for a lover, in the evening time below the lover or the candidate window. I think it is something that belongs to the past, not the music, but the attitude of singing below someone else window. Anyway, the music speaks by itself. Tracks include:


01 - Sob o Céu de Brasília (Dilermando Reis / José Fortuna)
02 - Reflorir da Minha Vida (Saint-Clair Sena)
03 - A Pequenina Cruz do Teu Rosário (Roberto Xavier de Castro / Fernando Weyne)
04 - Flor do Mal (Santos Coelho)
05 - Última Inspiração (Peterpan)
06 - Serenata (Silvio Caldas / Orestes Barbosa)
07 - Dois Destinos (Dilermando Reis / José Fortuna)
08 - Pálida Morena (Freire Júnior)
09 - Revendo o Passado (Freire Júnior)
10 - Uma Valsa e Dois Amores (Dilermando Reis / José Fortuna)
11 - Não Sei (Francisco Alves / Orestes Barbosa)
12 - Lágrimas (Cândido das Neves "Índio")

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Nilo Sergio, Sua Orquestra e Vozes - Isto e Romance (1962)

Hello, good evening! This is considered by many the best album released by Nilo Sérgio, an important figure in Brazilian popular music. Singer and composer, Nilo Sergio made history as the creator of an independent record label that was always ahead of its time, the legendary Musidisc. This really nice record company released important artists; Trio Surdina is a perfect example. Musidisc was also the record label that started and frequently used artists from other labels hidden by fake names and even artists under contract with Musidisc using English names as a marketing strategy, such like Bob Fleming, the fake name used by Moacyr Silva and Zito Righi to release several blockbusters at Musidisc. Let's see.

This is Nilo Sergio, Sua Orquestra e Vozes - Isto e Romance (1962), for Musidisc, featuring the not credited participation of Ed Lincoln as an organist and probably a maestro in charge of instrumental and voice arrangements. I had a nice week and I hope we will have together a special weekend with our family and friends. I'm leaving and stay tuned for another Brazilian music weekend, probably a "Samba Saturday", which is something still requested by many friends. Tracks include:


Track List

01 - Romantic Partners (Nilo Sergio)
02 - Pescadores de Pérolas (G. Bizet)
03 - Marias de Portugal (Nilo Sergio)
04 - I Love Brahms (3ª Sinfonia) (Brahms)
05 - Sanson Et Dalila (C. Saint / Saes)
06 - Lago dos Cisnes (Tchaikovsky)
07 - My Prayer (Boulanger / Kennedy)
08 - Canção dos Vagabundos (Nilo Sergio)
09 - Serenata (Shubert)
10 - Canção Para Um Homem no Espaço (Nilo Sergio)
11 - Espiral (Nilo Sergio / Ed Lincoln)
12 - I Concetrate On You (Cole Porter)

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Lyrio Panicali - Lyrio Panicali faz Samba em 2 Tempos (1967)

Hello, good evening! I'm really glad to present another Lyrio Panicali career LP never made available before at Loronix. By the way, the last album with Lyrio Panicali as main performer was released in the remote November 2007, exactly 16 months ago. I made a quick examination at Lyrio Panicali discography and I'm happy to know that we still have several albums never released in CD to show. Some of these albums I never had the chance to see how the cover looks like. Anyway, Maestro Lyrio Panicali is a really special artist and I urge Loronix community to pay attention to this release. I will tell you. Let's see.

This is Lyrio Panicali - Lyrio Panicali faz Samba em 2 Tempos (1967), for Codil Ritmos, featuring Orquestra de Sopros da Radio Ministerio da Educacao e Cultura. This album can easily cheat you at a first sight, but as soon as you spin the first track you understand that you are in front of something very similar to Panicali's Nova Dimensao, an acclaimed album by Samba Jazz fans. This one is very similar and Lyrio Panicali is in front of an Orchestra made of professional musicians from Radio Ministerio da Educacao e Cultura, including the legendary K-Ximbinho. Believe-me, if you are looking for Samba tunes performed by an orchestra with Samba Jazz beat and drumming, this is really worth checking. Tracks include:

Personnel

Lyrio Panicali
(piano, arrangements, direction)
Waldyr Brito
(flute)
Sebastiao Barros AKA K-Ximbinho
(clarinet)
Giuseppe Sergi
(claroni)
Canuto Pizziali, Jose G de Moura
(trumpet)
Mario Roxo, Waldemar G de Moura
(trombone)
Jose Miranda Pinto, Pedro Nogueira Filho
(alto sax)
Fernando Barros Pinto, Adherbal Moreira, Lupercilio Lyra
(tenor sax)
Francisco Monteiro Filho
(baritone sax)
Pedro Vidal Ramos
(bass)
Luiz Gonzaga Bittencourt
(guitar)
Sebastiao Vieira Gomes
(percussion)
Juvenal Nunes Sampaio Sobrinho
(drums)

Track List

01 - Bahia (Roberto Menescal / Ronaldo Bôscoli)
02 - Marina (Dorival Caymmi)
03 - Último Desejo (Noel Rosa)
04 - Eu Sem Maria (Dorival Caymmi)
05 - Fita Amarela (Noel Rosa)
06 - Rio (Roberto Menescal / Ronaldo Bôscoli)
07 - Peguei Um Ita no Norte (Dorival Caymmi)
08 - Preciso Aprender a Ser Só (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle)
09 - Feitiço da Vila (Noel Rosa)
10 - Das Rosas (Dorival Caymmi)
11 - Feitio de Oração (Noel Rosa / Vadico)
12 - Samba de Verão (Marcos Valle / Paulo Sergio Valle)

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Milton Banana - O Ritmo e o Som da Bossa Nova (1963)

Hello, good evening! I had a day with some surprises, good and bad surprises. Evaluating these ups and downs, I think the balance was not very good, and the best thing to do on these days is to sleep early and wake up on a better shape. However, I'm very happy with the sequel of albums made available at Loronix. Take a look at the last five or eight posts and you should agree with me. We had excellent albums and most of them never had a chance of being reissued on CD.

I believe I made the right choice postponing my sleep time for a few hours. I'm feeling much better right now, especially remembering this album, which is one of the first made available at Loronix and a very important Brazilian instrumental music album featuring Milton Banana, the creator of Bossa Nova drumming style, backed by another legend of the movement, Oscar Castro Neves and Conjunto. This is a required update that you cannot miss. Let's see.

This is Milton Banana e Conjunto de Oscar Castro Neves - O Ritmo e O Som da Bossa Nova (1963), for Audio Fidelity, now available with the original first AF 1984 edition with Milton Banana with the name that made his fame instead of Miltinho from the US release. Conjunto de Oscar Castro Neves is a quartet, but other musicians were in this session and they did not received credits by Audio Fidelity. This is one of those self-explanatory albums. Tracks include:

Personnel

MILTON BANANA
(drums)

CONJUNTO DE OSCAR CASTRO NEVES

Oscar Castro Neves
(piano)
Iko Castro Neves
(bass)
Henry Perci Wilcox
(guitar)
Roberto Pontes Dias
(percussion)
Leo Wright
(flute, sax)

Track List

01 - Você e Eu (Carlos Lyra / Vinicius de Moraes)
02 - Bossa Nova Blues (Oscar Castro Neves)
03 - Não Faz Assim (Oscar Castro Neves)
04 - Influência do Jazz (Carlos Lyra)
05 - Desafinado (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)
06 - O Amor e a Rosa (Pernambuco / Antônio Maria)
07 - O Apito no Samba (Luis Bandeira / Luis Antônio)
08 - Chora Tua Tristeza (Oscar Castro Neves / Luvercy Fiorini)
09 - O Menino Desce o Morro (De Rosa / Vera Brasil)
10 - Chega de Saudade (Tom Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes)
11 - Boato (João Roberto Kelly)
12 - Samba de Uma Nota Só (Tom Jobim / Newton Mendonça)

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Nelly Martins & Tito Madi - Encontro no Sabado (1959)

Hello, good evening! I'm confident that many friends will be surprised with this album, such like us. I'm saying us because my transfers are now different from the way it was. Now I have an audience, a small, but very influent audience. They try to influence my choices and also make recommendations for future releases by digging my collection. This album provoked a very interest reaction on my small board of advisors, as soon as the transfer ended, they requested another spin, which was an appropriate request, this record is really amazing, Tito Madi and the surprising Nelly Martins worked as a team delivering a beauty of an album that you cannot miss. Let's see.

This is Nelly Martins & Tito Madi - Encontro no Sabado (1959), for Continental. The information available about Nelly Martins was very limited on my computer and something very strange happened when I started searching Google. The website which provided better details on Nelly Martins was Loronix, really. Nelly Martins appears on a very old challenge post accompanied by Lúcio Alves, Johnny Alf and and Tito Madi, available here or at the picture in your left.

Additionally, Loronix comment section told me that Nelly Martins was married with the mighty Maestro Radames Gnattali, which is also the arranger of Encontro no Sabado.

Nelly Martins did not leave many records, only some 78RPMs and two LPs, Encontro no Sabado (this album) and an amazing instrumental piano album recorded in duo with Radames Gnattali, Radames Gnattali & Nelly Martins - Piano Duo (1967). What a nice story. Nelly Gnattali is also a gifted pianist and today works on preserving the memory of Radames Gnattali. Part of her work is available at Radames Gnattali official website, here. And as a last minute information, I found a YouTube video with Nelly Martins singing and Radames Gnattali performing at the piano, here. I said this post is amazing! Tracks include:


01 - Encontro no Sábado (Tito Madi / Georges Henry)
02 - Se (Mário Albanese / Nagib Nader)
03 - Quero-te Assim (Tito Madi)
04 - Faz Tanto Tempo (Tito Madi)
05 - Por Que (Pedro Dellober)
06 - És Tu (Domicio Augusto / Milton Silva)
07 - Eu e Você (Tito Madi)
08 - Esquece-me (Gabriel Migliori / Hélio Prado)
09 - Olha-me Diga-me (Tito Madi)
10 - Palavras ao Vento (Sergio Malta)
11 - Que Coisa Louca (C'est Magnifique) (Cole Porter / Vrs. João de Barro)
12 - Tu e Eu (Altamiro Carrilho / Armando Nunes)

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My apologies, the back cover was not included. You can grab it here, with no Rapidshare. Thanks!